Ah, what might have been. The year closes with the lingering taste of unconsummated deals and tantalising near misses. BHP Billiton waved $39bn at Saskatchewan in a hostile offer for Canada’s PotashCorp but was stymied by an outpouring of Canadian nationalism-cum-regulation; Potash shareholders never got a look-in. Prudential was halfway up the aisle and lighting a cigar when its own investors stepped in to halt its $35bn tilt at AIG’s Asian assets.
唉，真让人心有不甘。2010年即将结束，而那些未达成的、吊足了胃口却功亏一篑的交易余味犹存。在对加拿大钾肥(PotashCorp)的敌意收购中，必和必拓(BHP Billiton)向加拿大萨斯喀彻温省(Saskatchewan)开出了390亿美元的报价，却因加拿大民族主义情绪和监管的双重“爆发”而受阻；加钾股东连参与的机会都没捞到。保诚集团(Prudential)以350亿美元收购美国国际集团(AIG)亚洲资产的努力总算过了半程，刚松了口气，却被自己的股东叫停。
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